diff --git a/.github/FAILED_DEP_UPDATE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/FAILED_DEP_UPDATE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c1f35e66ed48fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/FAILED_DEP_UPDATE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: 'deps: update {{ env.FAILED_DEP }} job failed'
+labels: dependencies
+---
+This is an automatically generated issue by the {{ tools.context.action }} GitHub Action.
+The update [workflow]({{ env.JOB_URL }}) has failed for {{ tools.context.workflow }}.
+@nodejs/security-wg @nodejs/actions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yml b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
index ee596784db20f3..eea4c81c9feb0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
@@ -296,3 +296,14 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ matrix.label }}
           title: '${{ matrix.subsystem }}: update ${{ matrix.id }} to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}'
           update-pull-request-title-and-body: true
+      - name: Open issue on fail
+        id: create-issue
+        if: github.event_name == 'schedule' && ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@e27dddc79c92bc6e4562f268fffa5ed752639abd  # 2.9.1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_USER_TOKEN }}
+          FAILED_DEP: ${{ matrix.id }}
+          JOB_URL: ${{ github.event.repository.html_url }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        with:
+          filename: .github/FAILED_DEP_UPDATE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+          update_existing: true